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The School of Education is located in the Professional Studies Building (PSB): UAA campus map

School of Education Offices

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SOE Office	Phone Number
Director's Office, PSB 234	907-786-4613
Student Services, PSB 218	907-786-4401

 

School of Education Faculty and Staff

If you are looking for an advisor, please visit the Student Services page.

 

Office of the Director

Name	Title	UA Email Address	Phone	Office
Claudia Dybdahl	Director	csdybdahl@alaska.edu	907-786-6407	PSB 234F
Sandra Medina	Assistant to the Director	smedina7@alaska.edu	907-786-4413	PSB 234J
Katie Walker	Advanced Education Tech Coordinator Instructional Designer	kmwalker@alaska.edu	907-786-4863	PSB 230

 Student Services

Name	Title	UA Email Address	Phone	Office
Grace Lumba	Student Success Coordinator	gplumba@alaska.edu	907-786-4494	PSB 218D
RaLyssa Harris	Student Success Coordinator	rntaylor@alaska.edu	907-786-4306	PSB 218G
Holly Johanknecht	Recruitment and Student Services Manager	holly@alaska.edu	907-786-4402	PSB 218F

 Indigenous Education

Name	Title	UA Email Address	Phone	Office
Panigkaq Agatha John-Shields, Ph.D.	Term Assistant Professor	ajohnshields@alaska.edu	907-786-4419	PSB 209D
Paul Ongtooguk, M.Ed.	Term Assistant Professor	pcongtooguk@alaska.edu	907-786-1906	PSB 209A

 Department of Teaching and Learning

Name	Title	UA Email Address	Phone	Office
Leah Brown, M.Ed.	Term Assistant Professor Elementary Education Coordinator of Assessment and Accreditation	lbrown95@alaska.edu	907-786-4327	PSB 224B
Cathy Coulter, Ph.D.	Associate Professor Elementary Education Language Education	cacoulter@alaska.edu	907-786-4457	PSB 224E
Robin Dahlman	Assistant Professor Education  Kenai River Campus KPC	rrdahlman@alaska.edu	907-262-0357	Ward 211
Kitty Deal, Ph.D.	Associate Professor Education  Kodiak College KOC	kldeal@alaska.edu	907-486-1223	KCC123B
Wei-Ying Hsiao, Ed.D.	Professor Early Childhood Education	whsiao@alaska.edu	907-786-4435	PSB 225C
Hsing-Wen Hu, Ed.D.	Associate Professor Elementary Education Department Chair and MAT Program Lead	hhu2@alaska.edu	907-786-1668	PSB 224C
Tim Jester, Ed.D.	Associate Professor MEd Teaching & Learning Graduate Studies Department Chair	tejester@alaska.edu	907-786-1666	PSB 224D
Joe Kenney	Early Childhood Education Program Lead	jekenney@alaska.edu	907-982-3934	PSB 225A
Irasema Ortega, Ph.D.	Associate Professor Elementary Education  Program Lead	iortega2@alaska.edu	907-786-4454	PSB 224F
Karen Roth, Ph.D.	Term Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education	klroth@alaska.edu	907-786-1928	PSB 225E
Hilary Seitz, Ph.D.	Professor Early Childhood Education	hjseitz@alaska.edu	907-786-4872	PSB 225D
J. Kevin Spink, M.Ed.	Term Assistant Professor Elementary Education	jspink@alaska.edu	907-786-4498	PSB 224A

Department of Graduate Studies in Education and Leadership

Name	Title	UA Email Address	Phone	Office
Ginger Blackmon, Ed.D.	Assistant Professor Educational Leadership Program Lead	glblackmon@alaska.edu	907-786-1645	PSB 223B
Ellen Brigham	Term Assistant Professor Speech-Language Pathology Program Lead	etbrigham@alaska.edu	907-786-4468	PSB 220D
Hattie Harvey, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor Early Childhood Special Education Program Lead	haharvey@alaska.edu	907-786-4464	PSB 222C
Tim Jester, Ed.D	Associate Professor Elementary Education MEd Teaching & Learning  Department Chair	tejester@alaska.edu	907-786-1666	PSB 224D
Tara Maltby	Term Assistant Professor Special Education	tmaltby@alaska.edu	907-786-4867	PSB 222D
Ed McLain, Ed.D.	Associate Professor MEd Teaching & Learning	emclain@alaska.edu	907-952-8940	PSB 222A
Gina Pastos, M.Ed.	Term Assistant Professor Educational Leadership	gpastos@alaska.edu	907-786-4335	PSB 223A
Peggy Spencer	Term Assistant Professor Speech-Language Pathology	mspencer@alaska.edu	907-786-4712	PSB 220C
Cassie Wells, Ph.D.	Term Assistant Professor Special Education	cdwells@alaska.edu	907-786-4910	PSB 222B

Professional and Continuing Education

Name	Title	UA Email Address	Phone	Office
Katie Brennan	Enrollment Specialist	kabrennan@alaska.edu	907-786-1934	PSB 221A
Jennifer Greene	Enrollment and Operational Services Coordinator	jmgreene@alaska.edu	907-786-1932	PSB 221C
Jennifer Harty	Coordinator of Professional Programs	jcharty@alaska.edu	907-786-1881	PSB 221B
Louise Kempker	Professional Programs Assistant	lekempker@alaska.edu	907-786-1933	PSB 221D

 School of Education Emerita Faculty

Appointment as professor emeritus or emerita is an honor conferred by the Chancellor, on just a small portion of retiring professors who have demonstrated excellence, following consideration of recommendations by the faculty, upon an outstanding retiree of the university.

• Kate O’Dell, Professor Emerita, Secondary Education, kdodell@alaska.edu
• Donna Gail Shaw, Professor Emerita, Elementary Education, dgshaw2@alaska.edu
• Claudia Dybdahl, Professor Emerita, Elementary Education, csdybdahl@gmail.com

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